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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Christina Larson

Muddy footprints suggest 2 species of early humans were neighbors in Kenya 1.5 million years ago

Fossil Footprints - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Muddy footprints left on a Kenyan lakeside suggest two of our early human ancestors were nearby neighbors some 1.5 million years ago.

The footprints were left in the mud by two different species “within a matter of hours, or at most days,” said paleontologist Louise Leakey, co-author of the research published Thursday in the journal Science.

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